2020 24 Hours of Spa

The 2020 24 Hours of Spa (also known as Total 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place on 22–25 October 2020. Although it was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, it was announced on 15 April that the race would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 24 Hours of Spa
Event Information
Round 3 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date22–25 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
VenueCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Results
Race 1
Distance 527 laps 3691.108 km
Pole position Raffaele Marciello
AKKA ASP
2:32.166
Winner Earl Bamber
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
Rowe Racing
24:00:38.727

Background

The 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa took place on 22–25 October 2020. It was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, but in March the race was postponed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] This will be the first time that the race will be held in October.[4] The race was set to be unique as it would run for a 25 hours duration due to the race being held on the weekend when the clocks change.[5][6] However, this idea was pulled when it became clear that the event was not permitted to allow spectators to the race.[7][8] The race will be the third round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and also the third round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.[9][10] The official test days took place on the 29 and 30 September.[4] The GT4 European, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Renault Eurocup and TCR Europe series will all run support races at the event.[2][4][11][12]

Following practice and qualifying track limits was an issue. Drivers were told initially that only track limits would be enforced at the Eau Rouge sequence. However due to "exaggerated abuse" including running out of the bus stop chicane across 10 metres of tarmac runoff up to the barrier, drivers were told that the white lines were the limit of the track and that the cars must remain in contact with the track. The exceptions were at Eau Rouge, Speaker's or No Name Corner, Blanchimont and the exit of the Bus Stop where the drivers were permitted to use the kerbs beyond the white line. Drivers were allowed 3 infringements of the rule before being given a drive through penalty. Any driver gaining an advantage and not giving it back would be penalised 5 or 10 seconds at the next pit stop. The warnings would be reset every 6 hours.[13]

Results

Super Pole

Pos. No. Team Driver Car Time Gap
1 88 AKKA ASP Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:32.166
2 31 Team WRT Kelvin van der Linde Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.386 +0.220
3 4 Haupt Racing Team Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:32.522 +0.356
4 66 Attempto Racing Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.881 +0.715
5 25 Saintéloc Racing Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.979 +0.813
6 40 GPX Racing Thomas Preining Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:32.990 +0.824
7 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:33.024 +0.858
8 63 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:33.294 +1.128
9 163 Emil Frey Racing Alberto Costa Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:33.400 +1.234
10 47 KCMG Kévin Estre Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.404 +1.238
11 12 GPX Racing Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.541 +1.375
12 32 Team WRT Charles Weerts Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:33.568 +1.402
13 99 Rowe Racing Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.768 +1.602
14 22 Frikadelli Racing Team Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.780 +1.614
15 54 Dinamic Motorsport Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:34.119 +1.953
16 27 HubAuto Corsa Tom Blomqvist Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:34.170 +2.004
17 30 Team WRT Matthieu Vaxivière Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:34.280 +2.114
18 72 SMP Racing Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:34.338 +2.172
19 89 AKKA ASP Benjamín Hites Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:34.791 +2.625
20 98 Rowe Racing Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:35.546 +3.380
Source:[14]

Race

Class winners denoted in bold and with

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 P 98 Rowe Racing Earl Bamber
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 24:00:38.727
2 P 66 Attempto Racing Mattia Drudi
Patric Niederhauser
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS GT3 527 +4.687
3 P 54 Dinamic Motorsport Matteo Cairoli
Christian Engelhart
Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +28.750
4 P 12 GPX Racing Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +36.882
5 P 51 AF Corse James Calado
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 527 +38.225
6 P 25 Saintéloc Racing Dorian Boccolacci
Christopher Haase
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3 527 +38.481
7 P 4 Haupt Racing Team Vincent Abril
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Merecedes-AMG GT3 527 +41.357
8 P 22 Frikaelli Racing Team Jörg Bergmeister
Frédéric Makowiecki
Dennis Olsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +1:39.997
9 P 29 JAS Motorsport Dane Cameron
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Honda Acura NSX GT3 526 +1 Lap
10 P 3 K-Pax Racing Jules Gounon
Maxime Soulet
Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 525 +2 Laps
11 P 40 GPX Racing Louis Delétraz
Romain Dumas
Thomas Preining
Porsche 911 GT3 R 525 +2 Laps
12 P 9 K-Pax Racing Rodrigo Baptista
Álvaro Parente
Andy Soucek
Bentley Continental GT3 524 +3 Laps
13 P 47 KCMG Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R 522 +5 Laps
14 P 30 Team WRT Ferdinand von Habsburg
Dennis Marschall
Matthieu Vaxivière
Audi R8 LMS GT3 522 +5 Laps
15 PA 77 Barwell Motorsport Ricky Collard
Rob Collard
Leo Machitski
Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 521 +6 Laps
16 P 14 Emil Frey Racing Ricardo Feller
Mikaël Grenier
Norbert Siedler
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 520 +7 Laps
17 PA 93 Tempesta Racing Eddie Cheever III
Giancarlo Fisichella
Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT3 520 +7 Laps
18 S 5 Haupt Racing Team Sergey Afanasyev
Michele Beretta
Hubert Haupt
Gabriele Piana
Merecedes-AMG GT3 520 +7 Laps
19
DNF
P 72 SMP Racing Miguel Molina
Davide Rigon
Sergey Sirotkin
Ferrari 488 GT3 519 Collision damage
20 PA 188 Garage 59 Jonathan Adam
Chris Goodwin
Maxime Martin
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 519 +8 Laps
21 S 84 HTP Motorsport Indy Dontje
Philip Ellis
Russell Ward
Merecedes-AMG GT3 517 +10 Laps
22 PA 488 Rinaldi Racing Pierre Ehret
Daniel Keilwitz
Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3 516 +11 Laps
23
DNF
P 27 HubAuto Corsa Tom Blomqvist
Marcos Gomes
Kamui Kobayashi
Ferrari 488 GT3 515 Drivetrain
24 S 555 FFF Racing Team Hugo Chevalier
Florian Latorre
Baptiste Moulin
Taylor Proto
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 514 +13 Laps
25 PA 10 Boutsen Ginion Racing Benjamin Lessennes
Jens Klingmann
Karim Ojjeh
Gilles Vannelet
BMW M6 GT3 514 +13 Laps
26 S 90 MadPanda Motorsport Patrick Assenheimer
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Juuso Puhakka
Ricardo Sanchez
Merecedes-AMG GT3 510 +17 Laps
27 PA 20 SPS Automotive Performance Dominik Baumann
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Valentin Pierburg
Merecedes-AMG GT3 509 +18 Laps
28 S 11 Team Parker Racing Frank Bird
Nicolai Kjærgaard
Euan McKay
Bentley Continental GT3 500 +27 Laps
29 S 89 AKKA ASP Alex Fontana
Benjamin Hites
Lucas Legeret
Merecedes-AMG GT3 497 +30 Laps
30 Am 108 Classic and Modern Racing Stéphane Lémeret
Clément Mateu
Romano Ricci
Stéphane Tribaudini
Bentley Continental GT3 497 +30 Laps
31
DNF
P 163 Emil Frey Racing Giacomo Altoè
Albert Costa
Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 496 Accident damage
32
DNF
P 99 Rowe Racing Julien Andlauer
Klaus Bachler
Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 495 Accident damage
33 P 107 Classic and Modern Racing Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Nelson Panciatici
Seb Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 476 +51 Laps
34
DNF
S 33 Team WRT Rik Breukers
Benjamin Gøthe
Stuart Hall
Audi R8 LMS GT3 453 Accident
35
DNF
PA 52 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3 380 Accident
36
DNF
S 78 Barwell Motorsport Patrick Kujala
Alex MacDowall
Frederik Schandorff
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 377 Collision
37
DNF
PA 991 Herberth Motorsport Daniel Allemann
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 375 Collision
38
DNF
P 63 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli
Marco Mapelli
Dennis Lind
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 371 Accident
DNF P 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport David Pittard
Martin Tomczyk
Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 359 Accident
DNF Am 129 Raton Racing Stefano Constantini
Christopher Lenz
Lucas Mauron
Michael Petit
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 318 Accident
DNF PA 87 AKKA ASP Fabian Barthez
Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Thomas Drouet
Jim Pla
Mercedes-AMG GT3 275 Accident damage
DNF P 88 AKKA ASP Timur Boguslavskiy
Felipe Fraga
Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 263 Brakes
DNF P 21 KCMG Josh Burdon
Alexandre Imperatori
Edoardo Liberati
Porsche 911 GT3 R 253 Vibration
DNF S 15 Tech 1 Racing Timothé Buret
Thomas Neubauer
Aurélien Panis
Lexus RC F GT3 213 Mechanical
DNF S 159 Garage 59 Roman de Angelis
Valentin Hasse-Clot
James Pull
Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 201 Accident damage
DNF Am 918 Herberth Motorsport Jürgen Häring
Michael Joos
Dimitrios Konstantinou
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT3 R 158 Accident damage
DNF P 69 Optimum Motorsport Rob Bell
Joe Osborne
Oliver Wilkinson
McLaren 720S GT3 157 Collision damage
DNF S 56 Dinamic Motorsport Adrian de Leener
Mikkel Pedersen
Andrea Rizzoli
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Porsche 911 GT3 R 148 Accident
DNF P 31 Team WRT Kelvin van der Linde
Christopher Mies
Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS GT3 138 Drivetrain
DNF PA 111 JP Motorsport Mathias Lauda
Jens Liebhauser
Christian Klien
Patryk Krupinski
Mercedes-AMG GT3 135 Accident
DNF Am 26 Saintéloc Racing Christophe Cresp
Gregory Paisse
Steven Palette
Pierre Yves Paque
Audi R8 LMS GT3 126 Accident
DNF PA 74 Ram Racing Martin Konrad
Callum MacLeod
Tom Onslow-Cole
Remon Vos
Mercedes-AMG GT3 121 Accident damage
DNF P 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg
Philipp Eng
Augusto Farfus, Jr.
BMW M6 GT3 107 Collision damage
DNF P 32 Team WRT Edoardo Mortara
Frank Stippler
Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS GT3 70 Collision
DNF PA 19 FFF Racing Team Raffaele Giammaria
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Phil Keen
Luigi Moccia
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 33 Gearbox
DNF S 55 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Simon Gache
Finlay Hutchinson
Nicolas Schöll
Audi R8 LMS GT3 9 Puncture
Final Classification

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